This is one of my classroom library doubles. This is a story about how Felicity deals with some of the pre-revolutionary war tensions that are arising in Williamsburg and with her family and friends. Felicity both loses her grandfather’s trust by leaving her guitar in the rain, and earns it back again by alerting the people of Williamsburg that the militia’s gunpowder was stolen. She ends the book with a very happy birthday. “A Peek Into the Past.” ( )

There's a nice touch in the fourth book of the American Girls: Felicity series: Felicity does something totally boneheaded. I mean, despite her "spunky, spritely" qualities, she pulls an absent minded stunt that any nine-year-old might do. Other than that, the story has little that rates a comment. (Well, I do wonder if her family's kitchen helper is an employee or property. Slavery is only mentioned in passing in this series.) 'Tis a simple, predictable tale with a happy ending. It's nice waiting room material, like its predecessors.
--J. ( )

This is a story about how Felicity deals with some of the pre-revolutionary war tensions that are arising in Williamsburg and with her family and friends. Felicity both loses her grandfather’s trust by leaving her guitar in the rain, and earns it back again by alerting the people of Williamsburg that the militia’s gunpowder was stolen. She ends the book with a very happy birthday. “A Peek Into the Past.” ( )